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Frederik Wellmann

type of material

A. MS.

description

Presumably for Lecture I or Lectures I and II of the Lowell Institute Lectures of 1892-93. The oldest scientific book in the world: Book of Aahmes. Babylonian astronomy. Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Pythagoras and his school, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes. The development of statics. Sharp criticism of Eduard Zeller's history.

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Aahmes, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Archimedes, Aristotle, history of, Babylonian science, history of, Euclid, Pythagoras, history of see also Astronomy history of Mathematics history of, Thales, Zeller Eduard